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Set your favorite website as your homepage so you can get to it by tapping the Home button. <br>
[[Image:ios 5 home button]]

Here's how to set a webpage as your home page and add the Home button to your menu for easy access.

#Tap the menu button at the bottom of the screen and tap the '''Settings''' icon. (You might need to swipe to the next panel first.) <!--Not urgent: replace this with the template when 5.0 launches since this article only applies to 5.0 and using the old Settings icon doesnt make sense. [[Template:settingsios]]-->
#Tap '''Homepage''' to open the ''Homepage Settings'' page.
#Enter the web address for the page you want to set. If you have the web page open, tap '''Use Current Page''' to set it, or '''Use Copied Link''' to paste a link you've copied.
#Tap the switch next to ''Show Homepage Icon in Menu'' to orange [[Image:switchonios]] to add the Home shortcut to your menu.
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#Tap '''Settings''' in the upper left corner to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
#Tap '''Done''' in the upper left corner to finish.
You can now get to this web page by tapping the '''Home''' button.


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Set a homepage and customize your home screen panels so you can get to your favorite web pages quickly. Your home screen panels can be accessed by tapping the address bar.

#Tap the menu button at the bottom of the screen and tap the '''Settings''' icon. (You might need to swipe to the next panel first.)
#Tap {menu Customize}.
#Tap Homepage and enter the web address for the website you want to set. Tap '''Done''' when you're finished.
#Tap the switch next to each of the panels you want to appear on your home screen (orange means it will appear). You can also drag these choices to appear in the order you prefer:
#*'''Top sites:''' [[Image:top sites icon for firefox ios]] this panel displays your most frequently and recently visited sites. To remove these top sites, see [[Remove Top Sites from the Firefox for iOS home screen]].
#*'''Bookmarks:''' [[Image:bookmark icon ios awesome]] displays a list of your bookmarked pages. See [[How to add and remove bookmarks in Firefox for iOS]].
#*'''History:''' [[Image:history icon on firefox ios]] displays web pages you've visited. To clear your history, see [[Clear browsing history in Firefox for iOS]].
#*'''Synced tabs:''' [[Image:cloud icon firefox for ios]] displays a list of open pages across all your synced devices. See [[Sync your Firefox browsing history in iOS ]].
#*'''Reading List:''' [[Image:reading list icon]] access pages you've saved to your Reading List. See [[Add web pages to your Reading List on Firefox for iOS]].
#Tap '''Settings''' in the upper left corner to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
#Tap '''Done''' in the upper left corner to finish.
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Set your favorite website as your homepage so you can get to it by tapping the Home button.

Here's how to set a webpage as your home page and add the Home button to your menu for easy access.

Tap the menu button at the bottom of the screen and tap the Settings icon. (You might need to swipe to the next panel first.)
Tap Homepage to open the Homepage Settings page.
Enter the web address for the page you want to set. If you have the web page open, tap Use Current Page to set it, or Use Copied Link to paste a link you've copied.
Tap the switch next to Show Homepage Icon in Menu to orange to add the Home shortcut to your menu.
Tap Settings in the upper left corner to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Tap Done in the upper left corner to finish.

You can now get to this web page by tapping the Home button.

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